CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH
August 2023 eWeekly's
CALVARY’S EWEEKLY!
CalvaryLutheranRockford.com
OUR NORTHERN ILLINOIS SYNOD MISSION
Walking together
Loving Christ,
Loving all,
For the sake of the world.
Invite – welcome-engage
When You Pray
Our address
920 3rd Ave
Rockford 61104
Pastor Chuck’s Phone 815-342-6064
Have a prayer concern? Do let me know so I can pray with you.
Do remember to send your offering regularly to…
Calvary Lutheran Church
Our NEW mailing address
PO Box 4362
Rockford, IL 61110
WORSHIP AT CALVARY!
9:00 a.m.
At Emmanuel
Welcome!
Dear Friend -
Hey, ever feel like your life is on hold? Discover what's next at our nine a m praise this coming Sunday!
Prepare by reading August 27 2023
Exodus 1:8-2:10 , Acts 9:26-30, and Matthew 16:13-20.
The song following? My faith looks up to Thee. Enjoy our great chapel band doing Your love Never Fails and In His Time.
See you this Sunday! -with God's love, pastor chuck
Previous week's eWeekly
Dear Friend -
What new frontiers for Rockford Urban Ministries? Discover this Sunday at our 9 am Praise, as new Director Violet Johnicker tells all!
Prepare by reading August 20, 2023
Genesis 45:1-15, Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 and Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28.
Enjoy the Chapel Band doing "All My Hope is in Jesus," and "Take O Take Me as I Am"
I'll look.for you Sunday-with God's love, Pastor Chuck
Previous week's eWeekly
Dear Friend -
What would happen if you saw the most beautiful light of all? Discover this Sunday at our nine a m Praise! The song following? Beautiful Savior.
Prepare by reading August 13, 2023
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28, Acts 9:1-9 and Matthew 14:22-33.
Enjoy the chapel band doing I Saw the Light and Have you seen Jesus My Lord?
I'll look for you this Sunday with God's love pastor chuck
Matthew 5:1-12
New Revised Standard Version
The Beatitudes
5 When Jesus[a] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely[b] on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
Courage to change the things I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next.
Amen.
-Reinhold Niehbuhr